TF2 Update

**DJ Ms. White** · 03-18-09, 10:45 PM

Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:

Added Multicore Rendering

This initial release is aimed at testing compatibility, so the option is OFF by default

To turn it on, go to the Options->Video->Advanced dialog, and check the "Multicore Rendering" option

Other Changes

Several performance improvements to decals and client bone/flex setup

A variety of alt-tab and mode switch fixes

Improvements to the way the engine initializes surround sound, fixing some specific hardware cases

Fixed a crash on exit in Vista 64

Interesting

**IRON MAN 2142** · 03-18-09, 10:49 PM

yaaahhhhh!!!!
they finally fixed the thing in vista where it always says "HL2.exe has stop working" when you exit the game
not that it really did anything but it was annoying

and

MULTICORRREEEE!!!!!!!!!!

**jason_jinx** · 03-18-09, 10:52 PM

multi core!!!!

**Arreo** · 03-18-09, 10:54 PM

Updating the servers

**Arreo** · 03-18-09, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by Arreo

Updating the servers

Both are done.

**heyf00L** · 03-18-09, 11:40 PM

Not sure if it was the update, but some of us were crashing repeatedly in our scrim tonight.
Personally I turned on the multicore option and everything's been fine. I can't tell a difference because I already ran at a v-synced 60fps.

**masterPAINb** · 03-18-09, 11:51 PM

Multi-core refers to two video cards running in parallel? Or two CPUs?

**DOMINATOR** · 03-18-09, 11:54 PM

Originally Posted by masterPAINb

Multi-core refers to two video cards running in parallel? Or two CPUs?

refers to dual core/quad core cpu's.

**DJ Ms. White** · 03-19-09, 12:35 AM

Hmmm...it may have been the that the servers themselves weren't updated, but with Multicore enabled for my dual-core, my fps dropped by about 10 fps on average.

**DOMINATOR** · 03-19-09, 01:08 AM

Originally Posted by DJ Mr. White

Hmmm...it may have been the that the servers themselves weren't updated, but with Multicore enabled for my dual-core, my fps dropped by about 10 fps on average.

weird. mine went up 20-30 fps. quad core though.